This is the English-translated version.
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With all of her friends near her, Spencer finally woke up from her hospital bed. After someone shot her, the doctors took her to surgery. And after the surgery, her friends began to wait. Emily, Alison, Aria, and Hanna sat in her emergency room for a long time, and the doctors didn't have a lot to say about her condition. They only said that they did everything that they could do, and all that they could do now was wait.
Her friends had a lot of moments of doubt. They wanted to believe that she would wake up and everything would okay, but of course, they had those moments where those dark thoughts crossed their minds.
However, with all the luck in the universe, Spencer woke up. Slowly, she opened her eyes. She looked weaker, but nobody thought it was her fault... someone shot her. Through the eyes of her friends, she was a survivor and was strong. Her friends smiled brightly. Inevitably, tears fell down their cheeks... tears of their happiness. The moments of their dark thoughts ended there.
Spencer Hastings survived the tragedy.
Of course, there were still many problems in their lives. The most evident problem was A.D. Spencer survived, but that didn't mean that it was the end of A.D. In fact, their problems only began here, because now they knew that A.D. wasn't playing games. A.D. wanted to harm all the girls and people who were important to them. A.D. shot Spencer, and they didn't have an idea of whether she would survive or not. They didn't know what her fate would be, but they shot her anyways. Charlotte never did anything that would actually kill them. A.D. was clearly playing a more dangerous game.
Also, all of the girls had smaller problems in their personal lives, although they stopped thinking about those small problems after A.D. shot Spencer. But while they moved back to their normal lives again, they would have to resolve those issues.
For example, Alison would have to deal with her pregnancy... and also, her feelings for Emily. And Emily would have to understand how to navigate her relationship with Alison (which was something that they still needed to talk about). She would become a part of Alison's pregnancy if she formed a relationship with her now. It would be extremely unknown territory.
Aria had a problem, too. Ezra discovered that Nicole didn't die, and they ended up kissing on TV... and Aria watched it all happen. She still hadn't spoken with Ezra about the problem because she had to focus on a bigger problem: Spencer in the hospital. But now that Spencer woke up, Aria knew that she would have to talk with her fiancé. She didn't know what Nicole and Ezra's kiss meant, but she knew that she couldn't ignore it. They couldn't get married until they resolved what happened.
Hanna didn't have many problems, however. She had fixed her relationship with Caleb, and now it was very stable. She could focus on resolving the mystery that was A.D.
"Oh, Spencer... you're alive... and you're okay," Aria said. "How are you?"
"Yeah, how do you feel, Spencer?" Hanna asked her.
Arching her eyebrows, Spencer answered in a small but audible voice. "I'm feeling about as well as a person who was just shot can feel."
Her friends laughed. The old Spencer seemed to be coming back.
Spencer continued, "When can I leave this place? I wanna go home, sleep in my own bed again..."
"Spencer, you just woke up. You don't need to go back home right now," Emily explained. "It's best that you stay here until you recover completely. I think that your mom would agree with me on that one. All that's important right now is that you're alive and well."
"Yeah, I wanna see my parents. They're probably really scared," Spencer said.
"Yeah, they are. The doctors went to the waiting room to tell them the good news, though," Aria said.
Spencer spoke with her parents and many other visitors. Caleb, Ezra, Melissa, Marco, Peter, Veronica, even Paige... all of them came to see her. But Spencer kept thinking about one face that she never saw come into her hospital room: Toby Cavanaugh. And she understood that he moved to Maine with Yvonne to start his life with her, but Spencer thought that Toby was the type of guy who would come back immediately if he heard that someone he knew was in the hospital.
Finally, she decided that she wanted to know the truth... that Toby didn't come to see her even once while she was in the hospital.
"Em, I need to ask you something," Spencer said.
"Of course. What is it?"
"It's about Toby."
"Spence..."
"Please, Emily. I need to know the truth. It's obvious, isn't it, though? The truth is that he never came to see me, right?"
"I don't know exactly what happened, but he never came to the hospital to see you. I think that it's kinda weird... I know that your relationship ended a long time ago, but he's not the type of guy that wouldn't come to the hospital just because you guys broke up. I called him, but he didn't answer. It's possible that he changed his phone number after he moved, though."
"Wait... he doesn't even know that I'm in the hospital, and he never answered his phone?"
"It seems that way. But, don't worry, okay? I'm sure that he's fine."
"Emily, you don't know that! Have you tried to call Yvonne, too?"
"Yeah, but she didn't answer wither. Spencer, I think that maybe they're just really busy in Maine right now.."
"So busy that they never had one moment to call or answer? I don't believe it, Em. I have a strange feeling that everything isn't fine for them right now. I need to talk to him to confirm that everything's okay."
"Spence..."
"No, Em. In my heart, I feel that something's not right here. Please, tell me something... anything. I need information. I don't care anymore that he didn't come to see me. I only want to know if he and Yvonne are okay. Please, do something for me. Find out what's happening."
"I'm gonna try... for you."
She left Spencer's room. She started to feel that everything wasn't okay, too. Toby and Yvonne didn't answer their phones for a long time. Emily went to the hospital's waiting room. She didn't know what to do to get the information about Toby and Yvonne. She decided that she would talk with detective Marco Furey. He knew Toby a bit because they worked together at the Rosewood Police Department.
"Hey, Detective Furey... can we talk?"
"Yeah, sure... of course. I need to go to work in a little bit, but we can talk quickly now. Do you know something new about Spencer?"
"No, not exactly, but Spencer thinks that something bad has happened to Toby. He's not answering his phone, and Yvonne isn't either. If you know something..."
"I don't know anything, Emily. I'm sorry. But, are you sure that this isn't a possibility? I've had a feeling that Spencer has feelings for Toby, and look, I don't wanna sound crazy, but is there a possibility that Spencer's just sad that Toby didn't come to see her?"
"I don't think that it's like that, sir. Toby and Yvonne haven't answered their phones in a long time, and it's really weird that Toby didn't come to see Spencer. He would definitely come to the hospital to see her if he knew."
"Well, is there a possibility that he's just busy with his new life with Yvonne in Maine?"
"Sir, please. I need to know if they're okay. Do you have information or not?"
"I already said no... but I'll try to find any information that I can when I go to work today. If Spencer wants an answer, I'll do anything. Is that okay?"
"Yes. Thank you so much. This is something that's really important to Spencer."
"I understand. I'll do everything I can."
Later, Emily finally got a call from Marco.
"Good afternoon, Miss Fields. Unfortunately, I did find information about Toby Cavanaugh and Yvonne Phillips. There was... there was actually an accident a few days ago. It was the same day that the unknown person shot Spencer, actually."
"What? Marco, please... what happened with Toby?"
"It's terrible... there was a car accident. There's not a lot of information, but Toby Cavanaugh and Yvonne Phillips were in the car. We don't have all the details, but they should be at the Rosewood Hospital now. I don't know if they're okay or even alive... I'm so sorry. Toby was a great man and an excellent officer. I'm gonna come to the hospital after I finish my work, but again, I'm so sorry. I know that this is really hard for you and for Spencer."
"Oh my god... thank you for telling me, Detective Furey. I should go to see her now."
"I understand. Good luck."
The fear ran through her body. She was still waiting at the hospital, but after her call with Marco, she got up out of her seat in the waiting room. She knew that she needed to speak with a doctor. Aria already left the hospital to meet up with Ezra, and Hanna did the same with Caleb. However, after Emily spoke with Spencer, she knew that she had to say nearby Spencer until they figured everything out. Alison insisted that she would stay at the hospital with Emily, too, and Emily appreciated that because even though Alison had a lot of her own problems on her mind, she still wanted to stay in the hospital to support her.
"Em. Where are you going? What did Detective Furey say?"
"He said that Yvonne and Toby were in a car accident a few days ago... the same day that Spencer was shot, actually. And nobody knows anything about their condition. I don't even know if he's alive, Ali!"
"You shouldn't be thinking this way, Em. We have to try and be positive, even if it's hard."
"How is that even possible, Ali? Toby has always been one of my best friends, since high school. We've done so many things together, and we've been through so much together. I don't want to live in a world without him... and I don't think that Spencer would be able to handle it either."
"I understand, but all we can do right now is find him. Is he in this hospital?"
"If he's alive, yeah, he's here... but if he's not, you know where he is."
"Please... you talking so morbidly isn't helping in this situation. Let's just go to the front desk and demand that they show us where Yvonne and Toby are. Okay?"
Emily felt a lot safer and more secure with Alison by her side. She didn't know if she would have been able to deal with this by herself right now. They went to the front desk like Alison suggested.
"Hello. We need some information about some patients here," Alison said.
"The patients' information is confidential. I'm really sorry, ma'am."
"You don't understand. We're friends of the patients, and we want to visit them," Alison explained.
"Well, I can help you two if I know more information about the patients. Tell me their names, please."
"Toby Cavanaugh. Yvonne Phillips."
"Oh. Yvonne can see visitors right now, actually. I can show you her room, if you'd want that."
"Yeah, we'd like to see her. And what about Toby?"
"Both of them have finished their surgeries. Yvonne recovered and can talk with her visitors. And I'm sorry, but... Mister Cavanaugh isn't in a good enough condition right now, but the doctors have done everything that they can do at this point. You both can visit him if you want, too, but right now, he can't respond. He's in a coma. It's just a waiting game now, ladies."
"No!" Emily yelled, clinging onto the fabric of her shirt tightly, fighting back the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes. "Please, what you said needs to have been a mistake, ma'am... Please. How can he be in a coma?"
"I'm sorry, girls. I'm going to call a doctor to show you Toby Cavanaugh's emergency room. He can explain all the details about Mister Cavanaugh's condition."
While they stood there waiting, Alison hugged her. She let Emily's tears fall onto her shirt. Emily rested her head on Alison's shoulders, never wanting to separate herself from the blonde's body. Emily couldn't believe that Toby was in a coma, and she couldn't imagine the moment that she would have to bring that heartbreaking information to Spencer. Spencer loved him more than everyone, despite their break up. Their break up didn't break the love that she felt for him, and Emily just knew it.
The doctor finally arrived and he brought them to one of the emergency rooms. He opened the door, and both of the girls had to see him... laying there, looking like he was lifeless. Emily's heart broke when she saw him like that. He didn't look like himself anymore. There was something different.
"We did the surgery. He has some injuries that are quite bad from his car accident. We don't really know if he's going to wake up right now. I'm sorry, ladies."
Emily locked her eyes on his body that was laying there like a dead body... a freaking corpse. She wanted her best friend back. She wanted the man who Spencer loved more than any man back. A part of Emily still believed that Spencer was the love of Toby's life.
"The woman that was with him in the car during the accident is fine right now. She's in the room next door if you both would like to see her."
"Doctor, did he get a lot of visitors?" Emily asked. She hoped that he hadn't been alone through this all. She hoped that people had come to see him, since she couldn't.
"I think that some people came. I know that his sister came once. I also believe that other members of his family came, but it wouldn't be a good idea for me to try and identify all of them for you."
"I understand."
"Yes... I'm going to give you both the time alone to see him."
The doctor left the emergency room. When he left, Emily immediately went near the bed. She touched his hands while Emily watched, not knowing what to do. Alison felt a lot of sadness. She knew that Toby was a good man, and she also knew that Emily and Spencer loved him a lot. He was always an extremely important figure in their lives. Alison didn't want for them to have to suffer through this pain.
"Please... please, Toby. You need to wake up for me... for Spencer... for Yvonne... for everyone in your family, and all the people who love you. I love you, Toby. I love you so much. I need you in my life."
Her tears fell onto her cheeks. In her mind, she was preparing to have to break the terrible news to Spencer.
Feeling like she was bothering Alison by making her wait here while she spoke to Toby, Emily said, "I can come back after, Ali. We should probably see Yvonne now."
"No, it's okay, Emily. You can stay here for however long you want. I'll just wait here."
"Thanks, but... it's also more important that I talk to Spencer about this."
"I understand. We can go. Yvonne's in the room next door, like the doctor said."
Emily and Alison went to Yvonne's room next. She seemed quite surprised to see them there.
"Emily? Alison?"
"Hi, Yvonne..." Emily began. "I just heard the terrible news. I'm so sorry."
Yvonne began to cry. She gripped onto her hospital gown to try and control herself, but the tears kept flowing.
"This isn't a part of our plan. We were going to start our life in Maine, and now... it's possible that I'm going to lose him?"
"We have to believe that he's going to wake up. Hope is all that we have right now."
"Waiting is killing me slowly. I need the answer. I have never been the type of woman who has patience. The anxiety is killing me, Emily. I thought that my biggest problem was that I believed and convinced myself that Toby still had feelings for Spencer, but now, all that's important to me is that he wakes up from his coma." Yvonne looked around the room and saw that Spencer wasn't there with Emily and Alison, which was odd. "Speaking of Spencer... where is she? I thought that she would definitely be here to see him after everything."
"Normally, she'd be here immediately, but... on the day of your accident, she was in an accident, too. Someone shot her."
"Oh my god. Someone shot her? Why is bad stuff like this even happening in the world? What's happening anymore? Everything is falling apart!"
"I don't know, but fortunately, she's okay. But unfortunately, I'm going to have to tell her what happened to Toby."
Emily and Alison returned to Spencer's room. Finally, the moment where Emily would have to destroy her friend's heart came. With slow hands, she opened the room's door. Spencer looked tired and as if she couldn't tolerate much more of this. Clearly, she had been waiting anxiously. Alison waited near the door while Emily went near Spencer's hospital bed. She touched her face, trying to hold back her emotions.
"What happened, Em?"
"I spoke with Marco, and then with the doctors. There was a car accident on the same day that A.D. shot you."
"Em."
Spencer's eyes widened at the shocking news. Negative thoughts filled her mind, breaking and corrupting the last shreds of hope that she had.
"Spencer, they were driving towards Maine, and then there was a terrible accident. They got their surgeries, and we don't have control of the rest now. Yvonne woke up after her surgery, but Toby..."
"Em."
The pain was too much for her. Emily had to stop in the middle of her sentence because it was too hard to explain something so terrible. The silence killed Spencer more— the anxiety of the unknown. She always wanted the answers, especially when there was a possibility that the answers were terrible. She couldn't wait any longer. She squeezed Emily's hand, demanding the answer with her actions.
"The truth is... he's in a coma, Spencer... and the doctors don't know whether or not he's going to wake up."
Her mouth widened, and immediately, tears began falling from her eyes. No, no, no... this is not the way that everything's supposed to be. I need him in mu life. I can't live in a world without him. My jealousy of his relationship with Yvonne never was important. All that's important is that he wakes up. I love him with everything in my heart. He showed me the meaning of what love is, and what it means to be in love. He was the first person that I loved in my life. And I never had the opportunity to tell him that I still love him now.
"Spencer, please... tell me what's on your mind."
"I love him, Emily. I love him so much. He needs to wake up... please."
"We all love him. We need to believe that he'll wake up. It's all that we can really do."
"It's not enough. Nothing is enough anymore. I have to doubt my faith in this world if a person with intentions as good as Toby's deserves a fate this terrible. And no one understands the love that I feel for him, Em... I love him so much, and now I can't tell him that. He can't live his life, and accomplish all the things that he wanted to do. One day, he told me that he wanted to stop being a police officer, and that he wanted to start his own carpentry business. He always had so much talent with carpentry. And one part of my mind believed that he loved me, too, and that he would come back from Maine for me. He built me that house... I always believed that he was building it for Yvonne, but he told me the truth recently. And in my mind, I believed that he would come back to Rosewood and that we would live in the house that he built for us. I have never been a person who believes in a movie or fairytale ending. My relationship with Toby was never perfect, but he was my fairytale. No one ever loved me more than he did."
Emily was surprised by Spencer's words. She always had an idea that Spencer still had feelings for Toby, but it was completely different to hear her express her feelings for him— they were more profound and sincere than Emily thought. She never realized the fact that Spencer felt this way. It was a shame that she only confessed it after a tragedy like this.